Fourth quarter revenue of $72.3 million increased 25% over the fourth
quarter of 2012

2013 full year revenue of $263.5 million increased 19% over 2012

Fourth quarter Normalized FFO of $23.6 million and AFFO of $20.8
millionincreased 40% and 54%, respectively, over the
fourth quarter of 2012

2013 full year Normalized FFO of $78.7 million and AFFO of $72.4
million increased 17% and 36%, respectively, over 2012

Fourth quarter Adjusted EBITDA of $39.9 million and full year Adjusted
EBITDA of $138.7 million increased 40% and 20%, respectively, over
fourth quarter and full year 2012

Announcing a 31% increase in the quarterly dividend for the first
quarter of 2014 to $0.21 per share on common shares and common share
equivalents, up from $0.16 per share in 2013

Purchased 14 acres of land in Northern Virginia, establishing a
presence on the East Coast, and 22 acres in Austin for future data
center expansion

Leased 47,000 colocation square feet in the fourth quarter, with
utilization remaining high at 85%

“CyrusOne had a tremendous first year as a public company, with strong
revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth, additions of more than 100 logos and
the successful rollout of our National IX platform” said Gary Wojtaszek,
president and chief executive officer of CyrusOne. “We are also excited
to announce the transaction in Northern Virginia, which supports our
strategy of growing our Fortune 1000 customer base by providing a
presence on the East Coast and enhancing the geographic diversity of our
portfolio.”

Fourth Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Revenue was $72.3 million for the fourth quarter, compared to $58.0
million for the same period in 2012, or an increase of 25%. Operating
income improved $5.8 million from the fourth quarter of 2012, as a $14.3
million increase in revenue and a $1.4 million decrease in non-recurring
costs were partially offset by increases in depreciation and
amortization of $6.2 million, and property operating expenses of $3.7
million. Net loss was $3.8 million for the fourth quarter, compared to a
net loss of $6.9 million for the same period in 2012.

Net operating income (NOI)1 was $48.0 million for the fourth
quarter, compared to $37.4 million in the same period in 2012, an
increase of 28%. The increase in NOI was driven by the increase in
revenue, partially offset by additional property operating costs from
new facilities and expansions at existing facilities. Adjusted EBITDA2
was $39.9 million for the fourth quarter, compared to $28.4 million in
the same period in 2012, an increase of 40%. The Adjusted EBITDA margin
of 55.2% in the fourth quarter improved from 49.0% in the same period in
2012 as Sales, General and Administrative expenses were flat
year-over-year.

Normalized Funds From Operations (Normalized FFO)3 was $23.6
million for the fourth quarter, compared to $16.8 million in the same
period in 2012, an increase of 40%. The increase in Normalized FFO was
primarily due to growth in Adjusted EBITDA. Normalized FFO per diluted
common share or common share equivalent4 was $0.37 in the
fourth quarter of 2013. Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO)5
was $20.8 million for the fourth quarter, compared to $13.5 million in
the same period in 2012, an increase of 54%.

Full Year 2013 Financial Results

Revenue for the full year was $263.5 million, compared to $220.8 million
in 2012, an increase of 19%. Net loss for the full year was $35.8
million compared to $20.3 million in 2012. The Company’s higher Adjusted
EBITDA and lower asset impairments were offset by higher depreciation
and amortization, transaction-related compensation and income tax
expenses.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 20% to $138.7 million from $115.3 million in
2012. Normalized FFO for the full year increased to $78.7 million in
2013 from $67.4 million in 2012, an increase of 17%. AFFO for the full
year was $72.4 million, an increase of 36% from $53.2 million in 2012.

Leasing Activity

CyrusOne leased approximately 47,000 colocation square feet (CSF) or 7.3
MW of power in the fourth quarter. The company added one new Fortune 10006
customer in the fourth quarter, bringing the total to 129 customers in
the Fortune 1000 and 612 customers in total as of December 31, 2013. The
weighted average lease term of the new leases based on square footage
was 43 months, and approximately 74% of the CSF was leased to metered
customers with the remainder leased on a full service basis. Recurring
rent churn7 for the fourth quarter of 2013 was 1.1%, compared
to 0.6% for the fourth quarter of 2012. Approximately 85% of the new
leases this quarter included CyrusOne National IX services. CyrusOne is
also pleased to announce that it is the first data center provider to
receive multi-site data center certification from the Open-IX
Association as six of its data centers in Cincinnati, Houston, Dallas,
Phoenix and Austin are now certified.

Portfolio Utilization and Development

As of December 31, 2013, CyrusOne had approximately 1,052,000 CSF across
25 facilities, an increase of approximately 120,000, or 13%, from a year
ago. In the fourth quarter of 2013, the company commissioned the second
data hall at its Carrollton facility near Dallas adding 60,000 CSF. CSF
utilization8 for the fourth quarter was 85%, compared to 78%
in the same period in 2012. During the quarter, the Company purchased 14
acres of land in Northern Virginia and plans to commence construction in
early 2014 with completion expected in the fourth quarter. This purchase
is CyrusOne’s first expansion into the East Coast, and represents the
Company’s commitment to enhancing the geographic diversity of its
portfolio to support its strategy of being the preferred data center
provider for Fortune 1000 enterprises. The Company also purchased 22
acres of land in Austin during the quarter for future expansion within
that market, and started construction on the 22 acres of land in San
Antonio that was acquired in the third quarter. The first phase of
construction for this facility is expected to be completed in the fourth
quarter of 2014.

Balance Sheet and Liquidity

As of December 31, 2013, the company had $525.0 million of long term
debt, cash of $148.8 million, and an undrawn $225.0 million senior
secured revolving credit facility. Net debt9 was $392.9
million as of December 31, 2013, or approximately 21% of the company's
total enterprise value or 2.5x Adjusted EBITDA annualized. Available
liquidity10 was $373.8 million as of December 31, 2013.

Dividend

On December 11, 2013, the company announced a dividend of $0.16 per
share of common shares and common share equivalents for the fourth
quarter of 2013. The dividend was paid on January 10, 2014, to
shareholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2013.

Additionally, today the company is announcing that its Board of
Directors has authorized a 31% increase in the cash dividend which will
now be $0.21 per share on the company’s common shares and common share
equivalents. The dividend will be paid on April 15, 2014, to
shareholders of record at the close of business on March 28, 2014.

Guidance

CyrusOne is issuing the following guidance for full year 2014:

Category

2013 Results

2014 Guidance

Revenue

$263 million

$305 - $315 million

Adjusted EBITDA

$139 million

$160 - $165 million

Normalized FFO per diluted common share or common share equivalent

$1.22

$1.55 - $1.65

Capital Expenditures

Development*

$216 million

$275 - $300 million

Recurring

$4 million

$5 - $10 million

Acquisition of leased facilities**

$28 million

-

*

Development capital is inclusive of capital used for the acquisition
of land for future development.

**

Of the $28.2 million paid for the acquisition of previously leased
properties, $8.4 million is presented as capital expenditures in the
GAAP cash flow statement and $19.8 million is presented as repayment
of debt.

The annual guidance provided above represents forward-looking
statements, which are based on current economic conditions, internal
assumptions about the company's existing customer base and the supply
and demand dynamics of the markets in which CyrusOne operates.

Upcoming Conferences and Events

Citi Global Property CEO Conference on March 2-5 in Palm Beach

Oppenheimer 7th Annual Cloud Services 1-on-1 Conference on
March 6 in New York City

Conference Call Details

CyrusOne will host a conference call on February 20, 2014, at 8:00 AM
Eastern Time (7:00 AM Central Time) to discuss its results for the
fourth quarter and full year of 2013. A live webcast of the conference
call will also be available on the investor relations page of the
company's website at http://investor.cyrusone.com/index.cfm.
The U.S. conference call dial-in number is 1-866-652-5200, and the
international dial-in number is 1-412-317-6060. Passcode for the call is
10039875. A replay will be available one hour after the conclusion of
the earnings call on February 20, 2014, until 9:00 AM (ET) on February
28, 2014. The U.S. toll-free replay dial-in number is 1-877-344-7529 and
the international replay dial-in number is 1-412-317-0088. Replay
passcode is 10039875. An archived version of the webcast will also be
available on the investor relations page of the company's website at http://investor.cyrusone.com/index.cfm.

Safe Harbor

This release and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain
forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future
results that are subject to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than
statements of historical facts, are statements that could be deemed
forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current
expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industries
in which we operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management.
Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "predicts," "projects,"
"intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "continues,"
"endeavors," "strives," "may," variations of such words and similar
expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In
addition, any statements that refer to projections of our future
financial performance, our anticipated growth and trends in our
businesses, and other characterizations of future events or
circumstances are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned
these forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and
assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could
cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those
reflected in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those
discussed in this release and those discussed in other documents we file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). More information on
potential risks and uncertainties is available in our recent filings
with the SEC, including CyrusOne's Form 10K report and Form 8-K reports.
Actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed
in any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise
or update any forward-looking statements for any reason.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures that
management believes are helpful in understanding the company's business,
as further discussed within this press release. These financial
measures, which include Funds From Operations, Normalized Funds From
Operations, Adjusted EBITDA, Net Operating Income and Net debt should
not be construed as being more important than comparable GAAP measures.
Detailed reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to
comparable GAAP financial measures have been included in the tables that
accompany this release and are available in the Investor Relations
section of www.cyrusone.com.

1Net Operating Income (NOI) is defined as revenue less
property operating expenses. Amortization of deferred leasing costs is
presented in depreciation and amortization, which is excluded from NOI.
CyrusOne has not historically incurred any tenant improvement costs. Our
sales and marketing costs consist of salaries and benefits for our
internal sales staff, travel and entertainment, office supplies,
marketing and advertising costs. General and administrative costs
include salaries and benefits of our senior management and support
functions, legal and consulting costs, and other administrative costs.
Marketing and advertising costs are not property specific, rather these
costs support our entire portfolio. As a result, we have excluded these
marketing and advertising costs from our NOI calculation, consistent
with the treatment of general and administrative costs, which also
support our entire portfolio.

2Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net (loss) income as defined
by U.S. GAAP before noncontrolling interests plus interest expense,
income tax (benefit) expense, depreciation and amortization, non-cash
compensation, transaction costs and transaction-related compensation,
including acquisition pursuit costs, loss on sale of receivables to
affiliate, restructuring costs, loss on extinguishment of debt, asset
impairments, (gain) loss on sale of real estate improvements, and other
special items. Other companies may not calculate Adjusted EBITDA in the
same manner. Accordingly, the company's Adjusted EBITDA as presented may
not be comparable to others.

3Normalized Funds From Operations (Normalized FFO) is defined
as Funds From Operations (FFO) plus transaction costs, including
acquisition pursuit costs, transaction-related compensation, (gain) loss
on extinguishment of debt, restructuring costs and other special items.
FFO is net (loss) income computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP before
noncontrolling interests, (gain) loss from sales of real estate
improvements, real estate-related depreciation and amortization,
amortization of customer relationship intangibles, and real estate and
customer relationship intangible impairments. Because the value of the
customer relationship intangibles is inextricably connected to the real
estate acquired, CyrusOne believes the amortization and impairments of
such intangibles is analogous to real estate depreciation and
impairments; therefore, the company adds the customer relationship
intangible amortization and impairments back for similar treatment with
real estate depreciation and impairments. CyrusOne's customer
relationship intangibles are primarily associated with the acquisition
of Cyrus Networks in 2010 and, at the time of acquisition, represented
22% of the value of the assets acquired. The company believes its
Normalized FFO calculation provides a comparable measure to others in
the industry.

CIO, CTO & Developer Resources

4Normalized FFO per diluted common share or common share
equivalent is defined as Normalized FFO divided by the average diluted
common shares and common share equivalents outstanding for the quarter,
which were 64,594,155 for the fourth quarter of 2013.

Management uses FFO, Normalized FFO, Adjusted EBITDA, NOI and AFFO as
supplemental performance measures because they provide performance
measures that, when compared year over year, capture trends in occupancy
rates, rental rates and operating costs. The company also believes that,
as widely recognized measures of the performance of real estate
investment trusts (REITs) and other companies, these measures will be
used by investors as a basis to compare its operating performance with
that of other companies. Other companies may not calculate these
measures in the same manner, and, as presented, they may not be
comparable to others. Therefore, FFO, Normalized FFO, NOI, AFFO and
Adjusted EBITDA should be considered only as supplements to net income
as measures of our performance. FFO, Normalized FFO, NOI, AFFO and
Adjusted EBITDA should not be used as measures of liquidity or as
indicative of funds available to fund the company's cash needs,
including the ability to make distributions. These measures also should
not be used as supplements to or substitutes for cash flow from
operating activities computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

6Fortune 1000 customers include subsidiaries whose ultimate
parent is a Fortune 1000 company or a foreign or private company of
equivalent size.

7Recurring rent churn is calculated as any reduction in
recurring rent due to customer terminations, service reductions or net
pricing decreases as a percentage of annualized rent at the beginning of
the period, excluding any impact from metered power reimbursements or
other usage-based billing.

8Utilization is calculated by dividing CSF under signed
leases for available space (whether or not the contract has commenced
billing) by total CSF. Utilization rate differs from percent leased
presented in the Data Center Portfolio table because utilization rate
excludes office space and supporting infrastructure net rentable square
footage and includes CSF for signed leases that have not commenced
billing. Management uses utilization rate as a measure of CSF leased.

CyrusOne (NASDAQ:CONE) specializes in highly reliable enterprise-class,
carrier-neutral data center properties. The company provides
mission-critical data center facilities that protect and ensure the
continued operation of IT infrastructure for more than 600 customers,
including nine of the Fortune 20 and more than 125 of the Fortune 1000
companies.

CyrusOne's data center offerings provide the flexibility, reliability,
and security that enterprise customers require and are delivered through
a tailored, customer service-focused platform designed to foster
long-term relationships. CyrusOne is committed to full transparency in
communication, management, and service delivery throughout its 25 data
centers worldwide.

Reconciliation of Statement of Operations for the Three Months
Ended March 31, 2013

(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

Predecessor

Successor

Combined

January 1, 2013 to January 23, 2013

January 24, 2013 to March 31, 2013

Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

Revenue

$

15.1

$

45.0

$

60.1

Costs and expenses:

Property operating expenses

4.8

15.3

20.1

Sales and marketing

0.7

2.1

2.8

General and administrative

1.5

5.4

6.9

Transaction-related compensation

20.0

—

20.0

Depreciation and amortization

5.3

16.4

21.7

Transaction costs

0.1

—

0.1

Total costs and expenses

32.4

39.2

71.6

Operating income (loss)

(17.3

)

5.8

(11.5

)

Interest expense

2.5

8.4

10.9

Loss before income taxes

(19.8

)

(2.6

)

(22.4

)

Income tax (expense) benefit

(0.4

)

(0.2

)

(0.6

)

Loss from continuing operations

(20.2

)

(2.8

)

(23.0

)

Net loss attributed to Predecessor

(20.2

)

—

(20.2

)

Noncontrolling interest in net loss

—

1.9

1.9

Net loss attributed to common stockholders

$

—

$

(0.9

)

$

(0.9

)

Loss per common share - basic and diluted

n/a

$

(0.05

)

$

(0.05

)

Basic weighted average common shares

20.9

Diluted weighted average common shares

20.9

CyrusOne Inc.

Reconciliation of Statement of Operations for the Twelve Months
Ended December 31, 2013

(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

Predecessor

Successor

Combined

January 1, 2013 to January 23, 2013

January 24, 2013 to December 31, 2013

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2013

Revenue

$

15.1

$

248.4

$

263.5

Costs and expenses:

Property operating expenses

4.8

88.4

93.2

Sales and marketing

0.7

9.9

10.6

General and administrative

1.5

26.5

28.0

Transaction-related compensation

20.0

—

20.0

Depreciation and amortization

5.3

89.9

95.2

Restructuring charges

—

0.7

0.7

Transaction costs

0.1

1.3

1.4

Impairment charges

—

2.8

2.8

Total costs and expenses

32.4

219.5

251.9

Operating income (loss)

(17.3

)

28.9

11.6

Interest expense

2.5

41.2

43.7

Other income

—

(0.1

)

(0.1

)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

—

1.3

1.3

Loss before income taxes

(19.8

)

(13.5

)

(33.3

)

Income tax (expense) benefit

(0.4

)

(1.9

)

(2.3

)

Loss from continuing operations

(20.2

)

(15.4

)

(35.6

)

Loss on sale of real estate improvement

—

(0.2

)

(0.2

)

Net loss attributed to Predecessor

(20.2

)

—

(20.2

)

Noncontrolling interest in net loss

—

10.3

10.3

Net loss attributed to common stockholders

$

—

$

(5.3

)

$

(5.3

)

Loss per common share - basic and diluted

n/a

$

(0.28

)

$

(0.28

)

Basic weighted average common shares

20.9

20.9

Diluted weighted average common shares

20.9

20.9

CyrusOne Inc.

Net Operating Income and Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted
EBITDA

(Dollars in millions)

(Unaudited)

Twelve Months Ended

Three Months Ended

December 31,

Change

December 31,

September 30,

June 30,

March 31,

December 31,

2013

2012

$

%

2013

2013

2013

2013

2012

Net Operating Income

Revenue

$

263.5

$

220.8

$

42.7

19%

$

72.3

$

67.5

$

63.6

$

60.1

$

58.0

Property operating expenses

93.2

76.0

17.2

23%

24.3

24.2

24.6

20.1

20.6

Net Operating Income (NOI)

$

170.3

$

144.8

$

25.5

18%

$

48.0

$

43.3

$

39.0

$

40.0

$

37.4

NOI as a % of Revenue

64.6%

65.6%

66.4%

64.1%

61.3%

66.6%

64.5%

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA:

Net loss

$

(35.8

)

$

(20.3

)

$

(15.5

)

76%

$

(3.8

)

$

(2.2

)

$

(6.8

)

$

(23.0

)

$

(6.9

)

Adjustments:

Interest expense

43.7

41.8

1.9

5%

11.5

10.5

10.8

10.9

10.5

Other income

(0.1

)

—

(0.1

)

n/m

—

(0.1

)

—

—

—

Income tax (benefit) expense

2.3

(5.1

)

7.4

n/m

1.1

0.3

0.3

0.6

(0.4

)

Depreciation and amortization

95.2

73.4

21.8

30%

26.6

23.9

23.0

21.7

20.4

Restructuring charges

0.7

—

0.7

n/m

—

0.7

—

—

—

Legal claim costs

0.7

—

0.7

n/m

—

0.7

—

—

—

Transaction costs

1.4

5.7

(4.3

)

(75)%

0.2

0.7

0.4

0.1

4.4

(Gain) loss on sale of receivables to affiliate

—

3.2

(3.2

)

(100)%

—

—

—

—

(0.4

)

Non-cash compensation

6.3

3.4

2.9

85%

1.3

2.0

1.8

1.2

0.8

Asset impairments

2.8

13.3

(10.5

)

n/m

2.8

—

—

—

—

Loss on extinguishment of debt

1.3

—

1.3

n/m

—

—

1.3

—

—

Loss (gain) on sale of real estate improvements

0.2

(0.1

)

0.3

n/m

0.2

—

—

—

—

Transaction-related compensation

20.0

—

20.0

n/m

—

—

—

20.0

—

Adjusted EBITDA

$

138.7

$

115.3

$

23.4

20%

$

39.9

$

36.5

$

30.8

$

31.5

$

28.4

Adjusted EBITDA as a % of Revenue

52.6%

52.2%

55.2%

54.1%

48.4%

52.4%

49.0%

CyrusOne Inc.

Reconciliation of Net Loss to FFO, Normalized FFO, and AFFO

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

Twelve Months Ended

Three Months Ended

December 31,

Change

December 31,

September 30,

June 30,

March 31,

December 31,

2013

2012

$

%

2013

2013

2013

2013

2012

Reconciliation of Net Loss to FFO and Normalized FFO:

Net income (loss)

$

(35.8

)

$

(20.3

)

$

(15.5

)

76

%

$

(3.8

)

$

(2.2

)

$

(6.8

)

$

(23.0

)

$

(6.9

)

Adjustments:

Real estate depreciation and amortization

70.6

52.9

17.7

33

%

20.0

17.8

16.9

15.9

15.4

Amortization of customer relationship intangibles

16.8

16.0

0.8

5

%

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

3.9

Real estate impairments

2.8

11.7

(8.9

)

(76

)%

2.8

—

—

—

—

Customer relationship intangible impairments

—

1.5

(1.5

)

n/m

—

—

—

—

—

Loss (gain) on sale of real estate improvements

0.2

(0.1

)

0.3

n/m

0.2

—

—

—

—

Funds from Operations (FFO)

$

54.6

$

61.7

(7.1

)

(12

)%

$

23.4

$

19.8

$

14.3

$

(2.9

)

$

12.4

Transaction-related compensation

20.0

—

20.0

n/m

—

—

—

20.0

—

Loss on extinguishment of debt

1.3

—

1.3

n/m

—

—

1.3

—

—

Restructuring charges

0.7

—

0.7

n/m

—

0.7

—

—

—

Legal claim costs

0.7

—

0.7

n/m

—

0.7

—

—

—

Transaction costs

1.4

5.7

(4.3

)

(75

)%

$

0.2

$

0.7

$

0.4

$

0.1

4.4

Normalized Funds from Operations (Normalized FFO)

$

78.7

$

67.4

$

11.3

17

%

$

23.6

$

21.9

$

16.0

$

17.2

$

16.8

Normalized FFO per diluted common share or common share
equivalent*

$

1.22

n/a

$

—

n/m

$

0.37

$

0.33

$

0.25

$

0.27

n/a

Weighted Average diluted common share and common share equivalent
outstanding*

64.6

n/a

—

n/m

64.6

64.7

64.7

64.5

—

Reconciliation of Normalized FFO to AFFO:

Normalized FFO

$

78.7

$

67.4

$

11.3

17

%

$

23.6

$

21.9

$

16.0

$

17.2

$

16.8

Adjustments:

Amortization of deferred financing costs

4.1

0.3

3.8

n/m

1.3

0.5

1.7

0.6

0.3

Non-cash compensation

6.3

3.4

2.9

85

%

1.3

2.0

1.8

1.2

0.8

Non-real estate depreciation and amortization

7.8

4.5

3.3

73

%

2.4

1.9

1.9

1.6

1.1

Deferred revenue and straight line rent adjustments

(13.9

)

(8.3

)

(5.6

)

67

%

(4.2

)

(3.7

)

(3.7

)

(2.3

)

(2.3

)

Leasing commissions

(6.8

)

(4.4

)

(2.4

)

55

%

(1.7

)

(1.7

)

(2.5

)

(0.9

)

(1.1

)

Recurring capital expenditures

(4.2

)

(3.9

)

(0.3

)

8

%

(1.9

)

(1.6

)

(0.4

)

(0.3

)

(1.6

)

Corporate income tax (benefit) expense

0.4

(5.8

)

6.2

n/m

—

—

—

0.4

(0.5

)

Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO)

$

72.4

$

53.2

$

19.2

36

%

$

20.8

$

19.3

$

14.8

$

17.5

$

13.5

*

Assumes diluted common shares and common share equivalents were
outstanding as of January 1, 2013 for the Three Months Ended March
31, 2013.

CyrusOne Inc.

Market Capitalization Summary and Reconciliation of Net Debt

(Unaudited)

Market Capitalization

Shares or Equivalents Outstanding

Market Price as of December 31, 2013

Market Value Equivalents (in millions)

Common shares

21,991,669

$

22.33

$

491.1

Operating Partnership units

42,586,835

$

22.33

951.0

Net Debt

392.9

Total Enterprise Value (TEV)

$

1,835.0

Net Debt as a % of TEV

21.4

%

Net Debt to LQA Adjusted EBITDA

2.5x

Reconciliation of Net Debt

(Dollars in millions)

December 31,

September 30,

June 30,

March 31,

December 31,

2013

2013

2013

2013

2012

Long-term debt

$

525.0

$

525.0

$

525.0

$

525.0

$

525.0

Capital lease obligations

16.7

18.8

19.8

31.0

32.2

Less:

Cash and cash equivalents

(148.8

)

(213.2

)

(267.1

)

(328.6

)

(16.5

)

Net Debt

$

392.9

$

330.6

$

277.7

$

227.4

$

540.7

CyrusOne Inc.

Colocation Square Footage (CSF) and Utilization

(Unaudited)

As of December 31, 2013

As of December 31, 2012

Market

CSF Capacity (Sq Ft)

% Utilized

CSF Capacity (Sq Ft)

% Utilized

Cincinnati

419,231

89%

411,730

92%

Dallas

231,598

80%

171,100

69%

Houston

230,718

91%

188,602

93%

Austin

54,003

69%

57,078

32%

Phoenix

36,654

67%

36,222

0%

San Antonio

43,487

100%

35,765

61%

Chicago

23,298

52%

23,278

52%

International

13,200

78%

8,200

52%

Total Footprint

1,052,189

85%

931,975

78%

CyrusOne Inc.

2014 Guidance

(Unaudited)

2013 Results

Full Year 2014

Revenue

$263 million

$305 - $315 million

Adjusted EBITDA

$139 million

$160 - $165 million

Normalized FFO per diluted common share or common share equivalent

$1.22

$1.55 - $1.65

Capital Expenditures

Development*

$216 million

$275 - $300 million

Recurring

$4 million

$5 - $10 million

Acquisition of leased facilities**

$28 million

—

*

Development capital is inclusive of capital used for the acquisition
of land for future development.

**

Of the $28.2 million paid for the acquisition of previously leased
properties, $8.4 million is presented as capital expenditures in the
GAAP cash flow statement and $19.8 million is presented as repayment
of debt.

CyrusOne Inc.

Data Center Portfolio

As of December 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

Operating Net Rentable Square Feet (NRSF)(a)

Powered Shell Available for Future
Development (NRSF)(i)

Available UPS Capacity (MW)(j)

Facilities

Metropolitan Area

Annualized Rent(b)

Colocation Space (CSF)(c)

Office & Other(d)

Supporting Infrastructure(e)

Total(f)

Percent Leased(g)

CSF Utilized (h)

Westway Park Blvd. (Houston West 1)

Houston

46,835,178

112,133

12,735

36,732

161,600

97%

97%

3,000

28

Southwest Fwy. (Galleria)

Houston

41,548,783

63,469

17,259

23,203

103,931

91%

97%

—

14

S. State Hwy 121 Business (Lewisville)*

Dallas

36,204,739

108,687

11,279

59,344

179,310

94%

95%

—

18

West Seventh Street (7th St.)***

Cincinnati

33,236,556

211,672

5,744

171,561

388,977

90%

90%

37,000

13

Kingsview Drive (Lebanon)

Cincinnati

19,628,121

65,303

36,261

49,159

150,723

82%

78%

72,000

14

Industrial Road (Florence)

Cincinnati

15,240,711

52,698

46,848

40,374

139,920

94%

100%

—

9

Westover Hills Blvd. (San Antonio 1)

San Antonio

12,113,780

43,487

2,351

35,955

81,793

98%

100%

23,000

12

Knightsbridge Drive (Hamilton)*

Cincinnati

11,052,761

46,565

1,077

35,336

82,978

90%

90%

—

10

W. Frankford Road (Carrollton)

Dallas

9,270,138

107,256

19,706

53,588

180,550

54%

64%

345,000

9

E. Ben White Blvd. (Austin 1)*

Austin

6,372,547

16,223

21,376

7,516

45,115

94%

85%

—

2

Parkway Dr. (Mason)

Cincinnati

5,943,770

34,072

26,458

17,193

77,723

99%

100%

—

4

Midway Rd.**

Dallas

5,397,262

8,390

—

—

8,390

100%

100%

—

1

Metropolis Drive (Austin 2)

Austin

4,863,285

37,780

4,128

18,444

60,352

55%

61%

—

5

Kestral Way (London)**

London

3,482,515

10,000

—

—

10,000

99%

99%

—

1

Westway Park Blvd. (Houston West 2)

Houston

3,022,611

42,116

6,286

28,379

76,781

49%

61%

12,000

6

Springer Street (Lombard)

Chicago

2,318,443

13,516

4,115

12,230

29,861

59%

47%

29,000

3

South Ellis Street (Phoenix)

Phoenix

2,126,536

36,654

36,135

38,410

111,199

34%

67%

76,000

6

Marsh Ln.**

Dallas

2,113,567

4,245

—

—

4,245

100%

100%

—

1

Goldcoast Drive (Goldcoast)

Cincinnati

1,463,863

2,728

5,280

16,481

24,489

100%

100%

14,000

1

E. Monroe Street (Monroe St.)

South Bend

1,055,610

6,350

—

6,478

12,828

64%

64%

4,000

1

North Fwy. (Greenspoint)**

Houston

1,034,598

13,000

1,449

—

14,449

100%

100%

—

1

Bryan St.**

Dallas

1,012,018

3,020

—

—

3,020

57%

57%

—

1

Crescent Circle (Blackthorn)*

South Bend

649,159

3,432

—

5,125

8,557

49%

49%

11,000

1

McAuley Place (Blue Ash)*

Cincinnati

592,804

6,193

6,950

2,166

15,309

71%

39%

—

1

Jurong East (Singapore)**

Singapore

332,772

3,200

—

—

3,200

12%

12%

—

1

Total

$

266,912,127

1,052,189

265,437

657,674

1,975,300

82%

85%

626,000

158

*

Indicates properties in which we hold a leasehold interest in the
building shell and land. All data center infrastructure has been
constructed by us and owned by us.

**

Indicates properties in which we hold a leasehold interest in the
building shell, land, and all data center infrastructure.

***

The information provided for the West Seventh Street (7th St.)
property includes data for two facilities, one of which we lease and
one of which we own.

(a)

Represents the total square feet of a building under lease or
available for lease based on engineers’ drawings and estimates but
does not include space held for development or space used by
CyrusOne.

(b)

Represents monthly contractual rent (defined as cash rent including
customer reimbursements for metered power) under existing customer
leases as of December 31, 2013, multiplied by 12. For the month of
December 2013, customer reimbursements were $24.1 million annualized
and consisted of reimbursements by customers across all facilities
with separately metered power. Customer reimbursements under leases
with separately metered power vary from month-to-month based on
factors such as our customers’ utilization of power and the
suppliers’ pricing of power. From January 1, 2012, through December
31, 2013, customer reimbursements under leases with separately
metered power constituted between 7.3% and 9.7% of annualized rent.
After giving effect to abatements, free rent and other straight-line
adjustments, our annualized effective rent as of December 31, 2013,
was $282,358,919. Our annualized effective rent was greater than our
annualized rent as of December 31, 2013, because our positive
straight-line and other adjustments and amortization of deferred
revenue exceeded our negative straight-line adjustments due to
factors such as the timing of contractual rent escalations and
customer prepayments for services.

(c)

CSF represents the NRSF at an operating facility that is currently
leased or readily available for lease as colocation space, where
customers locate their servers and other IT equipment.

(d)

Represents the NRSF at an operating facility that is currently
leased or readily available for lease as space other than CSF, which
is typically office and other space.

(e)

Represents infrastructure support space, including mechanical,
telecommunications and utility rooms, as well as building common
areas.

(f)

Represents the NRSF at an operating facility that is currently
leased or readily available for lease. This excludes existing vacant
space held for development.

(g)

Percent leased is determined based on NRSF being billed to customers
under commenced leases as of December 31, 2013, divided by total
NRSF. Leases signed but not commenced as of December 31, 2013, are
not included. Supporting infrastructure has been allocated to leased
NRSF on a proportionate basis for purposes of this calculation.

(h)

Utilization is calculated by dividing CSF under signed leases for
available space (whether or not the contract has commenced billing)
by total CSF.

(i)

Represents space that is under roof that could be developed in the
future for operating NRSF, rounded to the nearest 1,000.

(j)

UPS Capacity (also referred to as critical load) represents the
aggregate power available for lease to and exclusive use by
customers from the facility’s installed universal power supplies
(UPS) expressed in terms of megawatts. The capacity presented is for
non-redundant megawatts as we can develop flexible solutions to our
customers at multiple resiliency levels. May not foot due to
rounding.

CyrusOne Inc.

NRSF Under Development

As of December 31, 2013

(Dollars in millions)

(Unaudited)

NRSF Under Development(a)

Under Development Costs(b)

Facilities

Metropolitan Area

Colocation Space (CSF)

Office & Other

Supporting Infrastructure

Powered Shell(c)

Total

UPS MW Capacity(d)

Actual to Date

Estimated Costs to Completion

Total

W. Frankford Rd. (Carrollton)

Dallas

60,000

8,000

28,000

—

96,000

9

$

2

$24-29

$26-31

Westover Hills Blvd. (San Antonio 2)

San Antonio

30,000

20,000

25,000

40,000

115,000

3

—

32-38

32-38

Westway Park Blvd. (Houston West 2)

Houston

38,000

—

22,000

—

60,000

6

4

17-21

21-25

Westway Park Blvd. (Houston West 3)

Houston

—

—

—

320,000

320,000

—

1

18-24

19-25

South Ellis Street, Chandler, AZ (Phoenix)

Phoenix

—

—

—

—

—

3

3

4-5

7-8

Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA (Northern VA)

Northern Virginia

30,000

5,000

30,000

50,000

115,000

3

—

26-30

26-30

Metropolis Dr., Austin, TX (Austin 2)

Austin

5,000

—

—

—

5,000

—

—

0.5-1.0

0.5-1.0

Total

163,000

33,000

105,000

410,000

711,000

24

$

10

$121.5-148.0

$131.5-158.0

(a)

Represents NRSF at a facility for which activities have commenced or
are expected to commence in the next 2 quarters to prepare the space
for its intended use. Estimates and timing are subject to change.

(b)

Represents management’s estimate of the total costs required to
complete the current NRSF under development. There may be an
increase in costs if customers require greater power density.

(c)

Represents NRSF under construction that, upon completion, will be
powered shell available for future development into operating NRSF.

(d)

UPS Capacity (also referred to as critical load) represents the
aggregate power available for lease to and exclusive use by
customers from the facility’s installed universal power supplies
(UPS) expressed in terms of megawatts. The capacity presented is for
non-redundant megawatts, as we can develop flexible solutions to our
customers at multiple resiliency levels. May not foot due to
rounding.

CyrusOne Inc.

Customer Diversification(a)

As of December 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

Principal Customer Industry

Number of Locations

Annualized Rent(b)

Percentage of Portfolio Annualized Rent(c)

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term
in Months(d)

1

Telecommunications (CBI)(e)

7

$

21,768,198

8.2%

27.1

2

Energy

2

19,710,295

7.4%

10.4

3

Energy

4

14,946,572

5.6%

11.4

4

Research and Consulting Services

3

12,513,879

4.7%

7.1

5

Telecommunication Services

1

11,164,966

4.2%

48.4

6

Information Technology

3

9,775,173

3.7%

54.3

7

Information Technology

3

8,271,195

3.1%

41.1

8

Financials

1

6,000,225

2.2%

77.0

9

Telecommunication Services

3

5,005,493

1.9%

64.0

10

Energy

2

4,737,000

1.8%

31.0

11

Information Technology

1

4,732,856

1.8%

24.0

12

Consumer Staples

1

4,523,035

1.7%

99.5

13

Energy

1

4,152,405

1.6%

11.8

14

Information Technology

1

4,055,016

1.5%

86.0

15

Energy

3

3,882,179

1.5%

4.1

16

Information Technology

2

3,838,140

1.4%

86.0

17

Energy

1

3,612,639

1.4%

29.3

18

Energy

4

3,446,913

1.3%

33.2

19

Energy

1

3,299,383

1.2%

13.3

20

Consumer Discretionary

1

3,290,127

1.2%

10.3

$

152,725,689

57.4%

32.7

(a)

Includes customer affiliates.

(b)

Represents monthly contractual rent (defined as cash rent including
customer reimbursements for metered power) under existing customer
leases as of December 31, 2013, multiplied by 12. For the month of
December 2013, our total portfolio annualized rent was $266.9
million and customer reimbursements were $24.1 million annualized,
consisting of reimbursements by customers across all facilities with
separately metered power. Customer reimbursements under leases with
separately metered power vary from month-to-month based on factors
such as our customers’ utilization of power and the suppliers’
pricing of power. From January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013,
customer reimbursements under leases with separately metered power
constituted between 7.3% and 9.7% of annualized rent. After giving
effect to abatements, free rent and other straight-line adjustments,
our annualized effective rent for our total portfolio as of December
31, 2013 was $282,358,919. Our annualized effective rent was greater
than our annualized rent as of December 31, 2013 because our
positive straight-line and other adjustments and amortization of
deferred revenue exceeded our negative straight-line adjustments due
to factors such as the timing of contractual rent escalations and
customer prepayments for services.

(c)

Represents the customer’s total annualized rent divided by the total
annualized rent in the portfolio as of December 31, 2013, which was
approximately $266.9 million.

(d)

Weighted average based on customer’s percentage of total annualized
rent expiring and is as of December 31, 2013, assuming that
customers exercise no renewal options and exercise all early
termination rights that require payment of less than 50% of the
remaining rents. Early termination rights that require payment of
50% or more of the remaining lease payments are not assumed to be
exercised because such payments approximate the profitability margin
of leasing that space to the customer, such that we do not consider
early termination to be economically detrimental to us.

(e)

Includes information for both Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions
(CBTS) and Cincinnati Bell Telephone and two customers that have
contracts with CBTS. We expect the contracts for these two customers
to be assigned to us, but the consents for such assignments have not
yet been obtained. Excluding these customers, Cincinnati Bell Inc.
and subsidiaries represented 2.9% of our annualized rent as of
December 31, 2013.

CyrusOne Inc.

Lease Distribution

As of December 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

NRSF Under Lease(a)

Number of Customers(b)

Percentage of All Customers

Total Leased NRSF(c)

Percentage of Portfolio Leased NRSF

Annualized Rent(d)

Percentage of Annualized Rent

0-999

458

77%

86,801

5%

$

34,407,299

13%

1,000-2,499

46

8%

73,656

5%

13,658,013

5%

2,500-4,999

31

5%

113,295

7%

24,489,702

9%

5,000-9,999

28

5%

195,001

12%

52,544,811

20%

10,000+

32

5%

1,141,957

71%

141,812,302

53%

Total

595

100%

1,610,710

100%

$

266,912,127

100%

(a)

Represents all leases in our portfolio, including colocation, office
and other leases.

(b)

Represents the number of customers in our portfolio leasing data
center, office and other space.

(c)

Represents the total square feet at a facility under lease and that
has commenced billing, excluding space held for development or space
used by CyrusOne. A customer’s leased NRSF is estimated based on
such customer’s direct CSF or office and light-industrial space plus
management’s estimate of infrastructure support space, including
mechanical, telecommunications and utility rooms, as well as
building common areas.

(d)

Represents monthly contractual rent (defined as cash rent including
customer reimbursements for metered power) under existing customer
leases as of December 31, 2013, multiplied by 12. For the month of
December 2013, customer reimbursements were $24.1 million annualized
and consisted of reimbursements by customers across all facilities
with separately metered power. Customer reimbursements under leases
with separately metered power vary from month-to-month based on
factors such as our customers’ utilization of power and the
suppliers’ pricing of power. From January 1, 2012, through December
31, 2013, customer reimbursements under leases with separately
metered power constituted between 7.3% and 9.7% of annualized rent.
After giving effect to abatements, free rent and other straight-line
adjustments, our annualized effective rent as of December 31, 2013,
was $282,358,919. Our annualized effective rent was greater than our
annualized rent as of December 31, 2013, because our positive
straight-line and other adjustments and amortization of deferred
revenue exceeded our negative straight-line adjustments due to
factors such as the timing of contractual rent escalations and
customer prepayments for services.

CyrusOne Inc.

Lease Expirations

As of December 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

Year(a)

Number of Leases Expiring(b)

Total Operating NRSF Expiring

Percentage of Total NRSF

Annualized Rent(c)

Percentage of Annualized Rent

Annualized Rent at Expiration(d)

Percentage of Annualized Rent at
Expiration

Available

364,590

18%

Month-to-Month

215

31,084

2%

$

9,094,261

3%

$

9,094,261

2%

2014

881

434,697

22%

94,692,969

35%

96,525,370

33%

2015

505

271,436

14%

40,239,102

15%

42,876,722

15%

2016

441

116,316

6%

37,473,047

14%

40,496,601

14%

2017

127

244,624

12%

28,609,914

11%

29,889,056

10%

2018

130

145,591

7%

27,421,947

10%

30,791,401

11%

2019

16

99,205

5%

5,349,615

2%

5,786,692

2%

2020

36

124,259

6%

9,449,453

4%

12,429,996

4%

2021

13

32,010

2%

4,163,781

2%

4,607,532

2%

2022

6

39,734

2%

5,892,252

2%

10,350,039

4%

2023 - Thereafter

26

71,754

4%

4,525,786

2%

7,616,436

3%

Total

2,396

1,975,300

100%

$

266,912,127

100%

$

290,464,106

100%

(a)

Leases that were auto-renewed prior to December 31, 2013, are shown
in the calendar year in which their current auto-renewed term
expires. Unless otherwise stated in the footnotes, the information
set forth in the table assumes that customers exercise no renewal
options and exercise all early termination rights that require
payment of less than 50% of the remaining rents. Early termination
rights that require payment of 50% or more of the remaining lease
payments are not assumed to be exercised because such payments
approximate the profitability margin of leasing that space to the
customer, such that we do not consider early termination to be
economically detrimental to us.

(b)

Number of leases represents each agreement with a customer. A lease
agreement could include multiple spaces and a customer could have
multiple leases.

(c)

Represents monthly contractual rent (defined as cash rent including
customer reimbursements for metered power) under existing customer
leases as of December 31, 2013, multiplied by 12. For the month of
December 2013, customer reimbursements were $24.1 million annualized
and consisted of reimbursements by customers across all facilities
with separately metered power. Customer reimbursements under leases
with separately metered power vary from month-to-month based on
factors such as our customers’ utilization of power and the
suppliers’ pricing of power. From January 1, 2012 through December
31, 2013, customer reimbursements under leases with separately
metered power constituted between 7.3% and 9.7% of annualized rent.
After giving effect to abatements, free rent and other straight-line
adjustments, our annualized effective rent as of December 31, 2013,
was $282,358,919. Our annualized effective rent was greater than our
annualized rent as of December 31, 2013, because our positive
straight-line and other adjustments and amortization of deferred
revenue exceeded our negative straight-line adjustments due to
factors such as the timing of contractual rent escalations and
customer prepayments for services.

(d)

Represents the final monthly contractual rent under existing
customer leases that had commenced as of December 31, 2013,
multiplied by 12.

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In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Mark Grilli, vice president of Acrobat Solutions marketing at Adobe Systems Incorporated, will outline new ways that the cloud is changing the way peo...

One of the hottest areas in cloud right now is DRaaS and related offerings.
In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Dale Levesque, Disaster Recovery Product Manager with Windstream's Cloud and Data Center Marketing team, will discuss the benefits of the cloud model, which far outweigh the traditional approach, and how enterprises need to ensure that their needs are properly being met.

With the arrival of the Big Data revolution, a data professional is expected to master a broad spectrum of complex domains including data processing, mathematics, programming languages, machine learning techniques, and business knowledge. While this mastery is undoubtedly important, this narrow focus on tool usage has divorced many from the imagination required to solve real-world problems. As the demand for analysis increases, the data science community must transform from tool experts to "data...

SYS-CON Events announced today that Solgenia will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Solgenia is the global market leader in Cloud Collaboration and Cloud Infrastructure software solutions. Designed to “Bridge the Gap” between Personal and Professional S...

WSM International has launched a DevOps services division that offers assessment, consulting and implementation to large enterprises and organizations with complex infrastructures.
The concept of DevOps is to blend information technology (IT) software development with operations to optimize the computing infrastructure according to the specific needs of the organization. According to a recent press release from Gartner, "By 2016, DevOps will evolve from a niche strategy employed by large cloud ...

SYS-CON Events announced today that QTS Realty Trust, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing providers of data center facilities and cloud services and a leader in security and compliance, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading national provider of data center solutions and fully managed services, and a leader in security and compliance...

SYS-CON Events announced today that WSM International (WSM), the world’s leading cloud and server migration services provider, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
WSM is a solutions integrator with a core focus on cloud and server migration, transformation and DevOps services.

SYS-CON Events announced today that MangoApps will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY., and the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
MangoApps provides private all-in-one social intranets allowing workers to securely collaborate from anywhere in the world and from any device. Social, mobile, and eas...

While not quite mainstream yet, WebRTC is starting to gain ground with Carriers, Enterprises and Independent Software Vendors (ISV’s) alike. WebRTC makes it easy for developers to add audio and video communications into their applications by using Web browsers as their platform. But like any market, every customer engagement has unique requirements, as well as constraints. And of course, one size does not fit all.
In her session at WebRTC Summit, Dr. Natasha Tamaskar, Vice President, Head of C...

Sematext is a globally distributed organization that builds innovative Cloud and On Premises solutions for performance monitoring, alerting and anomaly detection (SPM), log management and analytics (Logsene), and search analytics (SSA). We also provide Search and Big Data consulting services and offer 24/7 production support for Solr and Elasticsearch.

SYS-CON Events announced today that Emcien will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Emcien’s vision is to let anyone use data to know the future. Emcien has built an automated, predictive analysis product that improves the lives of real people. Emcien allows people to automate their data analysis so they can build a better future.

The speed of software changes in growing and large scale rapid-paced DevOps environments presents a challenge for continuous testing. Many organizations struggle to get this right. Practices that work for small scale continuous testing may not be sufficient as the requirements grow.
In his session at DevOps Summit, Marc Hornbeek, Sr. Solutions Architect of DevOps continuous test solutions at Spirent Communications, will explain the best practices of continuous testing at high scale, which is r...

DevOps is all the rage these days and with good reason as it promises to reduce the time-to-market for new applications. It also promises to improve change management, allowing teams to deploy changes to their applications quickly and efficiently. However, DevOps isn’t something you buy, install, or implement; rather it is the symptom of an appropriate organizational system.
In his session at DevOps Summit, Mark Thiele, EVP, Data Center Technologies at SUPERNAP International, will discuss how ...

SYS-CON Events announced today that WHOA.com, an ISO 27001 Certified secure cloud computing company, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo® New York, which will take place June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
WHOA.com is a leader in next-generation, ISO 27001 Certified secure cloud solutions. WHOA.com offers a comprehensive portfolio of ...

OmniTI has expanded its services to help customers automate their processes to deliver high quality applications to market faster.
Consistent with its focus on IT agility and quality, OmniTI operates under DevOps principles, exploring the flow of value through the IT delivery process, identifying opportunities to eliminate waste, realign misaligned incentives, and open bottlenecks. OmniTI takes a...

If you have a Network Operations Center (or NOC, as the kids call it), you have a skilled set of eyes monitoring your system and alerting your engineers when things go wrong. (If you have something like a NOC, such as a first tier team that processes tickets, we’re looking at you, too). You also probably have strict SLAs and a need for high availability at all times. You can’t waste a second when ...

In recent years, we’ve watched mobile, cloud technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) enable increased connectivity for every network and every industry, ranging from connected cars to commercial vehicles and fleet management to smart cities to data centers. At MWC, it was clear that professionals in these areas are continuing to make strides in their fields. Below are a few of the major developm...

DevOps is all the rage these days and with good reason as it promises to reduce the time-to-market for new applications. It also promises to improve change management, allowing teams to deploy changes to their applications quickly and efficiently. However, DevOps isn’t something you buy, install, or implement; rather it is the symptom of an appropriate organizational system.
In his session at De...

When it comes to microservices there are myths and uncertainty about the journey ahead. Deploying a “Hello World” app on Docker is a long way from making microservices work in real enterprises with large applications, complex environments and existing organizational structures. February 19, 2015 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET → 45 Minutes Join our four experts: Special host Gene Kim, Gary Gruver, Randy Sh...

You deployed an app. Nothing has changed in three days, but it suddenly crashes. Why? Memory leak.
You deployed an app. Nothing has changed in three weeks, but it suddenly stops working. Why? A database query came back empty and the web application freaked out trying manipulate a null value, deciding instead to just stop in its track and return nothing.
You deployed a load balancing service. N...

Recent announcements from Google about the future of Glass naturally ignited an explosion of commentary in the tech media. For those of us in the Glass at Work world, the news that Glass has “graduated” from Google[x] into a true business unit headed by Tony Fadell is very promising. Yet many outlets’ coverage focused on the end of the Glass Explorer program for consumers, characterizing it as the...

This month I want to revisit supporting infrastructure and datacenter environments. I have touched (some would say rant) upon this topic since my post in April 2014 called "Take a Holistic View of Support". My thoughts and views on this topic have not changed at all: it's critical for any organization to have a holistic, comprehensive strategy and view of how they support their IT infrastructure a...

For me the mantra of achieving speed via automation tools is nothing new. In fact I was ‘automating’ Citrix Metaframe builds using windows scripting techniques back in 2004. The market though, has become awash with different automation products and it’s fair to say that many enterprises now suffer from ‘automation sprawl’. This results in a tactical rather than the strategic approach to automation...

It's spring in the Northeast, and this week we're launching a new blog post series, "Everything You Want to Know about Windows Server 2003 Migration." Why a series of posts on WS2003? Even as summer and EOS is just months away, our "State of Readiness for Windows Server 2003 End of Support" survey reveals the shocking truth: most of you haven't done anything about remediation yet, and most will no...

SYS-CON Events announced today the IoT Bootcamp – Jumpstart Your IoT Strategy, being held June 9–10, 2015, in conjunction with 16th Cloud Expo and Internet of @ThingsExpo at the Javits Center in New York City. This is your chance to jumpstart your IoT strategy.
Combined with real-world scenarios and use cases, the IoT Bootcamp is not just based on presentations but includes hands-on demos and wal...

While recently attending a Dynatrace User Group in Hartford, I had the opportunity to sit in on a great presentation from a leading US insurance company as they explained their three-year APM journey. I see a lot of these success stories, but this one was especially impressive. To see how they have refined their internal processes, successes and performance best practices to ensure delivery of hig...

Microservice architectures are the new hotness, even though they aren't really all that different (in principle) from the paradigm described by SOA (which is dead, or not dead, depending on whom you ask). One of the things this decompositional approach to application architecture does is encourage developers and operations (some might even say DevOps) to re-evaluate scaling strategies. In particul...

Keeping data from getting out into the wild or being damaged by cyber attackers is what keeps CISOs, the executive team and boards of directors up at night. To protect organizations, cybersecurity needs to be automated and real-time, it needs to learn contextually like we do and it needs to monitor every corner of the network in a way that organizations can afford without sacrificing coverage.

Even though it’s now Microservices Journal, long-time fans of SOA World Magazine can take comfort in the fact that the URL – soa.sys-con.com – remains unchanged. And that’s no mistake, as microservices are really nothing more than a new and improved take on the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) best practices we struggled to hammer out over the last decade. Skeptics, however, might say that this...

Microservices are the result of decomposing applications. That may sound a lot like SOA, but SOA was based on an object-oriented (noun) premise; that is, services were built around an object - like a customer - with all the necessary operations (functions) that go along with it. SOA was also founded on a variety of standards (most of them coming out of OASIS) like SOAP, WSDL, XML and UDDI. Microse...

Right off the bat, Newman advises that we should "think of microservices as a specific approach for SOA in the same way that XP or Scrum are specific approaches for Agile Software development". These analogies are very interesting because my expectation was that microservices is a pattern. So I might infer that microservices is a set of process techniques as opposed to an architectural approach. Y...

Our guest on the podcast this week is Jesse Proudman, Founder and CTO of Bluebox. We discuss Walmart’s recent OpenStack success story and the expanding capabilities of DIY private clouds. While DIY private clouds require large investments in configuring open source software to meet business needs, they can have several advantages over managed services alternatives. Listen in to learn how a DIY mod...

As a group of concepts, DevOps has converged on several prominent themes including continuous software delivery, automation, and configuration management (CM). These integral pieces often form the pillars of an organization’s DevOps efforts, even as other bigger pieces like overarching best practices and guidelines are still being tried and tested. Being that DevOps is a relatively new paradigm - ...

The competition among public cloud providers is red hot, private cloud continues to grab increasing shares of IT budgets, and hybrid cloud strategies are beginning to conquer the enterprise IT world.

Big Data is driving dramatic leaps in resource requirements and capabilities, and now the Internet of Things promises an exponential leap in the size of the Internet and Worldwide Web.

The world of SDX now encompasses Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDCs) as the technology world prepares for the Zettabyte Age.

Add the key topics of WebRTC and DevOps into the mix, and you have three days of pure cloud computing that you simply cannot miss.

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